Detailed module information

Corporate Finance Online

Module aims

 Module Outline:

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/programmes/undergraduate-study/bpes-modules/course-content/

Reading list

Session 01

• What Purpose Do Corporations Purport? Evidence from Letters to Shareholders working paper. To be published in ECGI Working Paper Series in Finance No. 904/23.

  Rajan, R., Ramella, P. and Zingales, L.

  European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 904/2023

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Remarks by Governor Ben S. Bernanke At the meetings of the Eastern Economic Association, Washington, DC February 20, 2004

  The Federal Reserve Board

  The Federal Reserve

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• BNP freezes $2.2 bln of funds over subprime.

  Kar-Gupta, S. and Guernigou, Y L.

  Reuters

• BNP Paribas suspends funds because of subprime problems

  New York Times

  New York Times

• The money machine : how the City works

  Coggan, Philip, author.

  Seventh edition., Penguin Books

• Hall of mirrors : the Great Depression, the great recession, and the uses-and misuses-of history

  Eichengreen, Barry J.

  Oxford University Press

• Shareholders vs. Stakeholders

  Luigi Zingales and Bethany McLean

  Capitalisnt.com

Session 02

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• What are money markets? They provide a means for lenders and borrowers to satisfy their short-term financial needs

  Dodd, Randall

  Finance & development International Monetary Fund

• Funds sniff openings in US money market industry upheaval

  Wigglesworth, R. & Rennison, J.

  Financial Times

• In charts: Green and sustainability bonds

  Begum, F

  Financial Times

• Corporate green bonds

  Flammer, Caroline

  Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

• How to use PRICE function in Excel: Tutorial

  HowToGuideVideos

• Financial Markets and Institutions, Global Edition

  Mishkin, Frederic; Eakins, Stanley

  Tenth edition,

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, J. B. and DeMarzo, P.

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Bank of England - Glossary

• Bank of England yield curve statistics

• Credit rating agency details

Session 03

• Financial Markets and Institutions, Global Edition

  Mishkin, Frederic; Eakins, Stanley

  Tenth edition,

• Corporate finance

  Berk, Jonathan B., 1962-, author.

  Fifth, global edition., Pearson

• Financial markets and corporate strategy.

  Hillier, David, author.

  Third edition / David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman., McGraw-Hill

• Financial markets and corporate strategy.

  Hillier, David, author.

  Third edition / David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman., McGraw-Hill

• Clash of the Cape Crusaders

  Authers, J.

  Financial Times

• Swelling US stock valuations leave some investors uneasy. Financial Times.

  Carnevali, D. & Platt, E. (2020).

• CAPE Crusaders: The Shiller-Siegel Shootout at the Q Group Corral

  Siegel, L. B.

  Advisor Perspectives

• Who uses preferred stock? Musings on Markets.

  Damodaran, A.

• What is Private Equity?

  BVCA

• What is Venture Capital?

  BVCA

Session 04

• Corporate finance

  Berk, Jonathan B., 1962-, author.

  Fifth, global edition., Pearson

• ‘No easy fixes’: Analysts slash Apple price targets after rare sales warning

  Matthew Rocco

  Financial Times

• Opinion: Apple’s share buyback is a smarter use of its cash than these 4 other options

  Gary Smith

• What is Valuation?

  Damodaran, Aswath

• Apple: Corporate Governance and Stock Buyback

  Won-Yong Oh, Seoyeon Park

  Harvard Business Publishing

• Tesla: Anatomy of a Run-Up Value Creation or Investor Sentiment?

  Cornell, Bradford and Damodaran, Aswath

Session 05

• Average Stock Market Return

  Sullivan, B

  Forbes.com

• Stocks outperform bonds by less than you think

  Nangle, T.

  ft.com

Session 06

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B., DeMarzo, P.

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• PORTFOLIO SELECTION

  Markowitz, Harry

  The Journal of finance (New York) Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Session 07

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,

  Fifth edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Financial markets and corporate strategy.

  Hillier, David, author.

  Third edition / David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman., McGraw-Hill

• Agency Costs of Free Cash Flow, Corporate Finance, and Takeovers

  Jensen, Michael C.

  The American economic review The American Economic Association

• Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

  Jensen, Michael C. ; Meckling, William H.

  Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

• On the pricing of contingent claims and the Modigliani-Miller theorem

  Merton, Robert C.

  Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

• The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment

  Modigliani, Franco ; Miller, Merton H.

  The American economic review The American Economic Association

• Corporate financing and investment decisions when firms have information that investors do not have

  Myers, Stewart C. ; Majluf, Nicholas S.

  Journal of financial economics Elsevier B.V

Session 08

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B., and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• The Private Equity Debate Revisited

  Zingales, L,. and Mclean, B.

• Diageo plc

  George Chacko, Peter Tufano, Joshua Musher

Session 09

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B., and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Fundamentals of Futures and Options

  Clarke, R. G., de Silva, H. & Thorley, S.

  The CFA

• Options, futures, and other derivatives

  Hull, John,

  Eleventh edition.; Global edition., Pearson; Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B., and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• U.S. airlines confront cheap oil's flip side: costly hedges

  Ngai, C. & Dastin, J.

• Fuel hedging and airlines: Gambles that haven't paid off

  The Economist

  The Economist

Session 10

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

• Corporate finance [electronic resource]

  Berk, Jonathan B.,and DeMarzo, P.

  5th edition.; Global edition., Pearson

Module leaders

Professor Claudia Custodio